Chapter 22: Elgard's Remorse

After Meimei enjoyed a meal of Yelai's special Momo noodles, Mino originally planned to help Yelai prepare the primary mental stabilization potion first, but who knew that Hank was more anxious than Mino, and as soon as he finished eating, he took Mino to the academy for identification.

Although Hank was very anxious, the disparity between his status and the person he asked for help from, as well as some other troubles, kept him busy for more than an hour before he finally got the matter ready.

Due to the peculiarity of Puke's status as the son of Egad, the final appraisal ceremony was held in the office of Dean Dubert, which was supervised by Dean Dubert to ensure its impartiality.

"Agade, you see, that little guy in Minoan was raised by me, he is not the kind of person who will repay him, why do you have to think that he killed Puke?"

"Then who do you think I should suspect? Hank, he is the most suspicious, he is the murderer in my heart before I find out the real murderer!"

Just as Mino leaned against the railing outside the dean's office, boredly recalling the thirteen ways to use the star grass, some trivial voices came into his ears.

It's Uncle Hank and Agader.

Looking in the direction from which the voice came, Mino saw Hank at a glance, and, of course, the fierce-looking Egad next to him.

Although Mino couldn't fully hear what the two of them were saying due to the distance, from the occasional few words and the facial expressions of the two men, Mino could roughly guess what they were saying.

Uncle Hank is trying to find a way to resolve the misunderstanding that Mr. Agad has about him.

On the way here, Hank explained to Mino the relationship between him and Elgard, if it weren't for Puke's unreasonable entanglement with Yelai, the two would be excellent friends, otherwise Hank would not have been able to ask Elgard to contribute to Yeren Yelai's early admission.

So for Hank's approach, Mino expressed understanding.

However, Mino didn't think it was useful, after all, in the other party's opinion, he had a murderous enmity with him, and the other party could turn his face because Hank didn't contribute to the relationship between Yelai and Puke, how could he forgive Mino because of Hank's explanation and guarantee.

Of course, Mino didn't need him to forgive.

After the appraisal ceremony is over, the truth will be revealed, and Mino is still waiting for the annoying teacher to apologize.

As for forgiving in advance or something, there is no need at all.

In the end, Hank failed to convince Egad, and the three of them sat in the dean's office in a cold and awkward atmosphere.

After waiting for a while, Dean Dubert, the owner of this office, and Vice President Laures, the executor of this appraisal ceremony, finally arrived.

Dean Dubert, who was walking in front, was still wearing his dark cyan mage robe that seemed to have changed for thousands of years, his silver-white hair was clean and neat, and his face was already wrinkled with a kind smile, and the whole person looked majestic with a little affinity.

Lady Laureth, who followed him closely, was much more serious, a mage robe with various mystical patterns was changed to a style similar to a long skirt, wrapping her graceful figure in it, and her pale golden shawl long hair was softly draped over her shoulders, with that delicate face with a little unpleasantness, there was a different kind of cold beauty.

"Little fellow over there, let me confirm once again whether you want to choose to have the Truth Tongue Examination, and if you can't pass it, I think I'll let you know the consequences of a murderer who dares to disturb my great experiment. ”

Unlike Dean Dubert, who greeted Hank and Egad with a smile after entering the door, this cold and glamorous lady Laures questioned Mino in an unkind tone as soon as she entered the door, and she seemed to believe that Mino was the murderer like Agade.

"Of course, as an innocent person, I don't think I have any reason to refuse an identification ceremony that would prove my innocence. ”

From Laures's words, it is not difficult for Mino to hear that the reason why she is hostile to herself is only because her own incident disturbed her experiments, and Mino, who has been trained by mages since childhood, fully understands such emotions, so although she sees Mino as a murderer like Agade, Mino's will not hate her because of this.

"And if I say I'm going to end the ritual now, you're not going to let me go if you've already disturbed the experiment, I don't think I'm wrong, right?" ”

"Of course, if you dare not do it, then whether you are a murderer or not, I will let you understand what Laures's anger is. ”

Faced with Mino's modest mage-like answer, Claurel looked a little surprised, although her words were still sharp, but the cold taste in it had almost disappeared.

"Alright, Laures, you've done the Astral Creature Summoning Alteration experiment many times, and it's not a big deal to delay this time, so there's no need to be so angry. Seeing that Laures's mood had eased a lot, Dean Dubert, who had previously ignored her performance, greeted with a smile, "And since you have agreed to Hank's request, you should be prepared in advance, so don't be too careful." ”

I don't know if it's because of Dean Dubert's prestige, or because Lauris herself has been angry, as soon as Dubert persuaded her, Lauris stopped talking and concentrated on preparing for the resonance circle.

As an arcane spell that relies purely on mental power to release, the release of Truth Word does not require any magic materials, and because it is used to identify the truth of words rather than against the enemy, there is no need for various amplification props, and after a simple arrangement of a magic circle that is convenient for Mino's words and True Word resonance, this identification ceremony begins.

"In the name of Laures, the Truth Technique!"

Standing in the corner of the circle, as the incantation chanted by Claures ended, the power of an artifact enveloped Mino's body, making his body exude a milky white luster, and Mino felt his body suddenly heavy, as if some mysterious existence was watching him.

"I declare that the death of Puke, the son of Teacher Agade, and his three friends is not my doing!"

At the same time, Minoan and Claures read aloud the declaration they had prepared.

As the declaration was completed, the milky white luster on Mino's body stopped for a moment, and then under the nervous gaze of Hank and Egad, it returned to its previous state in the blink of an eye.

The appraisal passed.

The fact that the mantra technique has not failed shows that Mino's words are true, and he is indeed not the murderer of Puke and others.

Faced with this result, Hank breathed a sigh of relief and leaned back in his chair, while Agader's eyes widened with disbelief.

Obviously, he could not accept such an outcome.

If even this most suspicious freshman is not the murderer of his son, then where should he find the real murderer?

"The little guy has a good timing, he is a mage's material, and I heard that the elemental talent is also good, why don't you change the door to me and learn to be an arcane mage while you haven't officially changed jobs yet?"

Dissipating the power of the mantra that had been condensed in Mino's body, Claures walked over, patted Mino's shoulder, smiled and extended an invitation.

After seeing Mino's mage talent with her own eyes, Laureth was moved, unlike the banter between her and Kelsen at the beginning of the school, at this time, she really wanted to take Mino away.

However, the decision that Mino made with great difficulty was not so easy to change, and in the face of Laures's kindness, he could only politely decline.

Seeing that Mino rejected herself, Claurel was no longer reluctant, after all, Mino only showed some good potential at this time, but there was still a lot of distance from the kind of genius that made it difficult to let go, and it was not worth Laures's effort.

"I'm sorry, Mino-san, please forgive me for my stupid behavior after being blinded by hatred, here are some small useful potions, I hope you can take it. ”

After Laures left, Agade came to Mino with a heavy heart, and before Mino could say anything, he made a deep ninety-degree bow and offered several emerald green potions in both hands.

This is already the most solemn apology in the mage etiquette, and those emerald green high-level healing potions are also very valuable, Agade took the initiative and solemnly apologized, so that Mino, who was still thinking about how to make it difficult for him, was caught off guard, and was stunned for a moment and didn't know how to react.

"I didn't ...... It's okay, Mr. Aged, I accept your apology. ”

After reacting, Mino politely accepted Agade's apology with a stammer, making him want to slap himself twice, and said that he would make it difficult with all his might.

But looking at the tearful eyes full of remorse in Agade, who stood up, the regret in Mino's heart disappeared in an instant.

"Teacher Agade, what's wrong with you? Is it because these potions ............?"

"No, these potions are my apologies to Mino, and since I handed them over to you, I naturally won't feel distressed because of them. ”

Seeing that Mino was about to return the potion to himself, Agad wiped his tears and waved his hand to stop Mino's movements.

"I'm just hating myself, if I could have done a little less experimentation, spent more time on Puke, educated him seriously since he was a child, didn't let him be so laissez-faire, let him become bad, and taught him to be a good boy like Mino, maybe he wouldn't have died so inexplicably. ”

"It's all my fault, I put all my mind on magic training at the beginning, ignoring Puke, and then because of guilt and uncontrollably doting on him, he became like that, and I paid back Puke. ”

Looking at Agade who was crying with his head in his arms, Mino's hatred for his previous wrongs completely disappeared, and all that was left in his heart was sympathy for this poor father.